The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Opens Up About Lifelong Anxiety, Impostor Syndrome
The Decemberists have been making memorable, popular, and critically acclaimed music for over twenty years and for that entire time, lead singer and songwriter Colin Meloy has battled the feeling that...
1 Jul 202448min
A Regular Guy, Managing Trauma, Who Happens to Be Paul Scheer
Trauma and comedy wouldn’t seem to have a lot in common but they do have one thing: Paul Scheer. You may know Paul from TV shows like the comedy The League or from his podcasts like How Did This Get M...
24 Jun 202456min
Comedian Liz Miele on Depression, Trauma, Violence, and Live On-Stage Panic Attacks
Liz Miele has headlined on comedy stages around the world and produced numerous stand-up specials. It’s an impressive career that began at Manhattan open mics when she was 16 years old. We have a wide...
17 Jun 202453min
Comedian Sierra Katow on Big Time Achievement and Persistent Depression
Just because someone’s depressed, doesn’t mean they can’t achieve great things. Just because someone can achieve great things, doesn’t mean they aren’t depressed. You may already know these facts, esp...
10 Jun 202443min
Chris Gethard is Less Ego-Driven, More Peaceful, No Longer Losing Teeth
When you’ve had an HBO comedy special, starred in an off-Broadway show, made a million TV appearances, and headlined comedy clubs all over the country, the next move is not generally to apply to grad ...
3 Jun 20241h 4min
The New York Times’ Ernesto Londoño Dives Deep Into the Psychedelic Treatment Experience
Ernesto Londoño, a veteran journalist with the New York Times, was suicidally depressed, living in Brazil, and curious. He had heard from a psychiatrist at a party about the remarkable and barely stud...
27 Mai 202450min
Our Guests Are Musician Judah Akers and, In a Sense, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
Judah & the Lion’s new album, The Process, is divided into five different stages, one for each stage of grief as described by Swiss psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross. So there are songs about denial,...
20 Mai 202450min
Shannon & the Clams’ Shannon Shaw on Building Something Beautiful in the Wake of Tragedy
Shannon Shaw was on her way to check out an alternate venue for her upcoming wedding and then to her bachelorette party one August day in 2022 when she got word that Joe Haener, Shannon’s fiancé, had ...
13 Mai 202450min
